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An Affirmative Coping Skills Intervention to Improve Mental and Sexual Health of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth — AFFIRM  

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Official title:
An Affirmative Coping Skills Intervention to Improve Mental and Sexual Health of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth (AFFIRM): A Stepped Wedge Waitlist Crossover Trial

Clinical Trial Summary

AFFIRM is an 8-session manualized group coping skills intervention focused on reducing sexual risk behaviours and psychosocial distress among SGMY. AFFIRM is delivered by two facilitators (primarily social workers and peers) through a combination of education and rehearsal (i.e., simulation of real-life experiences) in a manner that affirms participants' sexual and gender minority identities and experiences. AFFIRM is being tested in a five-year trial using a stepped wedge waitlist crossover design, where all participants receive the intervention in clusters.

Clinical Trial Description

Session 1 focus Introduction to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exploring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ)+ identities, and understanding minority stress. Session 1 activities Introductions Discussing the theory and purpose of CBT approaches Exploring stress and minority stress Understanding the causes of stress in our lives Session 2 focus Understanding the impact of anti-LGBTQ attitudes and behaviors on stress. Session 2 activities Check in and review Examining homophobia, heterosexism, and transphobia at the individual, institutional, and cultural level Identifying how these experiences impact thoughts, feelings, and behaviors Fostering strategies for both coping with and combating anti-LGBTQ discrimination at all levels Session 3 focus Understanding how thoughts impact feelings. Session 3 activities Check in and review Distinguishing between thoughts and feelings Exploring how thoughts influence feelings and behaviors Identifying counterproductive thinking patterns Recognizing negative self-talk and feelings of hopelessness Learning thought stopping Session 4 focus Using thoughts to change feelings. Session 4 activities Check in and review Increasing positive thinking and feelings of hope Changing negative thoughts to positive thoughts Challenging negative thinking and internalized homophobia/negative feelings through the ABCD (activating event, belief, consequence, and debate) method Session 5 focus Exploring how activities impact feelings. Session 5 activities Check in and review Examining the impact of various activities on feelings Identifying supportive and identity-affirming activities The impact of LGBTQ-affirming activities on feelings Session 6 focus Planning to overcome counterproductive thoughts and negative feelings. Session 6 activities Check in and review Distinguishing between clear and unclear goals Identifying short, mid-, and long-term goals Creating a sexual health plan Fostering hope for the future Session 7 focus Understanding the impact of minority stress and anti-LGBTQ attitudes or behaviors on social relationships. Session 7 activities Check in and review Anti-LGBTQ discrimination can lead to feelings of discomfort around others Responding to discrimination or harassment in social situations Learning to be assertive Session 8 focus Putting it all together: developing safe, supportive, and identity-affirming social networks. Session 8 activities Check in and review Maintaining a healthy social network: attending to thoughts, expectations, feelings, and behaviors within relationships Identifying a plan for building a supportive network ;

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Clinical Trial Details
NCT number NCT04318769
Study type Interventional
Source University of Toronto
Contact
Status Active, not recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date April 1, 2017
Completion date December 31, 2024
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